The first step to fixing the Android Marketplace has nothing to do with the Android Marketplace

A smart post by an ex-Googler (now with FriendFeed) on a key difference between the Android and iOS user experience: “When a phone ships with core functionality and an easy route to further provision it for your own needs, users end up with a phone that feels like it’s their device, something they know how to use completely and have made their own. When a phone ships with kitchen sink apps and those with overlapping or unclear functionality, the user feels like they’re using someone else’s tool and, yes, they can add to it and customize it, but a large portion of users will still feel there are places inside their own phone that are fuzzy to them because they either don’t have a use for the functionality or simply don’t understand it.”